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 Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:26 am
I just can't make it 1.) flow right, and 2.) sound good enough.
My main character has dreams that relate to the past, as well as those that relate to the present and the future. In not so many words, he's "a chosen one". Not THE chosen one, A chosen one. He is the main guy, so he's the lead but is somewhat taciturn to begin with because all he wants to do is get on with his own life.
He's a legitimate, graduate mercenary who travels with a mage who is a friend of his. He looks for work, but in recent months has had these dreams, some of them being nightmares. I can't really say much else because I am very protective over my work, but I wanted a part of his dream to be real when he awoke (like an injury). I don't know whether that would work at this stage though. On the other hand, I don't know how do involve the dream in the beginning. Like, should I begin with him in the dream and then waking from it, or have him thinking about it whilst on the road and then telling his friend about it, if he tells his friend about it how do I do the flashback to it? Should he describe it, or should I italicise it as its own section of text (which is how it's currently displayed).
Do you know what I mean?
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:52 pm
What makes me mad is when i spend a lot of time coming up with a name for something, only to find out its already taken! stressed
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B-rad the Vampiric Shadow
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:14 am
B-rad the Vampiric Shadow What makes me mad is when i spend a lot of time coming up with a name for something, only to find out its already taken! stressed
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:42 am
Right. And for a very practical reason. Every real name out there would be copywritten and you would have to pay royalties just to use it on any public document or face litigation at every turn. Plus, with family names, you'd have to figure out which part of the family would be entitled to the copyright. And for common names like Smith, derived from ancient occupations or naming conventions, things get even worse because two people with the same family name might not be related in any way. Who gets the copyright then? In short, big mess.
Same is true for titles of books or articles and whatnot. Titles are usually pretty short and it's very easy for two titles to be similar if not the same. Lots of potential for litigation there, if they were copywritten.
So, while it may be annoying for someone to lift an original name you came up with out of your work, the alternative is far, far worse.
Berz.
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:35 am
It's not likely that most of my character names would have been used before.
I can tell you ONE name and, that's Lecarde. I've used it as a first name, but of course it's derived from Castlevania's Eric Lecarde, and it was used in Police Academy as a surname as well. I quite liked it as a first name. It just so happens though that this character wields a spear (as does Eric in Castlevania: The New Generation/Bloodlines). I made the character before I'd played that game, and they're both very different from one another.
My ex boyfriend likes to use names from the Bible and mythology. So far he's used Lazarus (one of his main characters - in fact my pirate's best friend is somewhat of a duplicate in build, personality and looks as Lazarus, but he has a different name). In general, Lecarde is much like Albert from The Legend of Dragoon. Matt has also used the name Daedalus (the father of Icarus...I think?)
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